What does אֶלֶף · דּוֹר mean in the Bible?
אֶלֶף · דּוֹר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand".
Hebrew · H505, H1755
לְאֶלֶף דּוֹר
Hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand · properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
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אֶלֶף H505 hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
דּוֹר H1755 properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
Pronunciation dôr
Cyclical time concept: generation as both temporal age and inhabitable space; covenantal continuity across ancestral lineages.
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What does לְאֶלֶף דּוֹר (leʾelef dor) mean in the Bible?
אֶלֶף · דּוֹר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H505, H1755?
H505, H1755 is connected to 675 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
Strong's H505, H1755
Lexical occurrences 675 verses Source Gloss
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
לְאֶלֶף דּוֹר is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain